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Sound in Fim

Directed by Steven Spielberg

Writers:

 Peter Benchley (screenplay), Carl Gottlieb(screenplay)

Stars:

 Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss 

In the "Barrels" - Jaws (1975) the music plays a big role in setting up the scene as they battle with the shark it shows the fear they have and the suspense, this would imply that the genre of the film would be a drama with a sub-genre of horror. The added effects in the back ground the waves, boat engine, footsteps on the deck, the harpoon shots, creaking of the boat in the water, and other small sound that if you were not listening you would not know they were there. You have in this clip a live recording of their voices and then you have the added sound effects were the main thing that made this scene using I would say a Foley artist to add them. The use of sound in this film is designed to set the mood of the scene and theme to add the a certain amount of suspense and fear for the audience. the technics used used in the film are post dubbing of the sound into the scenes to add realism to it. they used the following technics from Foley artists using walla  The dialogue use in the film and interpreted by the cast was made to add to the theme and fear of the the shark that was the main character. The sounds in this film is what set the tone without it the film would not be the the film that is was and is. The creativity of the use of sound add the magic need to make the film work and the actors added their part to add to it. 

Actor Styles

 

 
    You will find that there are five types of actors: Impersonator, Personality, Star, Wild Card, and Character. Come up with examples of each type of actor (in addition to those identified in the text) and explain in detail why you think they fit each particular category. Many will fall into all the categories and some will fall into one or two of them.

Impersonator, actor that I can think of is, Hugh Laurie for his acting in the television drama "House" He betrays a Doctor that is addicted to pain killers and is a brilliant doctor. He interprets the roll expertly.

Personality actor that I can think of is, Harrison Ford he has played in many roles. His role in "Star Wars" was a great performance and his role in "Indiana Jones" really shows how he can impersonate a character in a film.

Star that I can think of is Will Smith his roles that he has stared in have helped him rise to stardom, from his start on TV then in Film, he has had a very successful career.

Wild Card actor that I can think of is Chris Potter he has played in many different roles and has pulled them off expertly.

Character actor that I can think of is, Domhnall Gleeson he pulled off the corrector expertly in the film "True Grit" he has that ability to portray the corrector that he has to play in a film that he is in.

 

 

RED

 "Red (2010) HD"
Directed by Robert Schwentke,
Starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, and Mary-Louise Parker.

    The clip starts out with a CIA agent watch the house as he has tracked the rag tag group there to the house, played by Karl Urban. The camera follows him then it cuts to inside the house were they show the main corrector Frank Moses played by Bruce Willis telling his sniper that they are coming out. The lighting angles used in this part of the clip make the scene add more suspense to the start of the scene. They go from bright lighting outside the house to a dim light inside the house. Then once they are out of the house the light brightens up so you can catch all the action that is happening around the chase scene.
    The artist use this as the act out the scene in that they start out with a very serious tone to the situation they are in. this even adds more to the thrill factor of the clip as it progresses. As the clip unfolds, you see the shock and surprise of the shot being fired then it breaks into a chase scene. As they are running through the woods, the lighting angles change to enhance the chase scenes as they use varying depths of lighting. This use of the shots adds to the clip in it intensity and the action that was happening in it. I think the filmmaker in this clip wanted to show the teamwork of the correctors and it sets the mood for the next scene.
    In the clip, you can say it is set in modern time and a wooded secluded area of the United States, somewhere in the north, as there is snow on the ground. As the main correctors are retired CIA agent flagged as retired extremely dangerous in the file. They are on a mission to help frank find out why the CIA or who it is that wants him dead. In the clip the where at an arms dealers house to get some information from him when the other agent showed up.
    The wardrobe used in this clip shows that it was cold and they also were using the white to hide themselves in the snow-covered background. In addition, the force that was chasing them was dressed appropriately, as they wore your standard swat assault uniforms to show who they were in the clip. The costumes let you know what was happening or going to happen in the clip.
    Makeup and hair in this clip was good as for the two females they had their hair done and makeup on as most females would and it was not too much. Their hair was appropriately windblown for setting out side with a sniper rifle. In a scene, you need to have the right mix of makeup and the right hair do to make the scene work.
    In conclusion, I find that the lighting worked great together the director and cinematographers did an excellent job putting the clip together and had pretreated what they wanted to portray in the clip. The actors did their job in acting out the part in a superb manner. The lighting was used appropriately to set the mood of the clip. It all came together nicely to make the clip flow very nicely into each part of it.     

References

Goodykoontz , B & Jacobs, C (2011) Film: From Watching to Seeing (Ashford University ed.). San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
Red (8/11) Movie CLIP - Who Fired the Shot? (2010) HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rFMyjGI4cg
Red (I) (2010) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245526/

True Grit

True Grit

The Film "True Grit" (1969)
Starring John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Jeremy Slate, Robert Duvall, and Strother Martin
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Screenplay written by Marguerite Roberts
From the Novel "True Grit" written by Charles Portis.
The title song was song by Glen Campbell
Music scored by Elmer Bernstein
Produced by Hal Wallis.

True Grit

This is a classic American Western made in '1969 and was remade in '2010. I was looking for a film to write about and I came across this old classic at a truck stop in Massachusetts and said there it is one of the greats. We will dive into the making of this film and take a look at how they made it where they filmed it. The film may be older but it was great work by the director and cast.
It starts out showing a scene that was not in the book the screenwriter Marguerite Roberts, has added it to introduce us to the family of Mattie Ross played by Kim Darby in the film a young girl that seemed more of a tomboy. The film was shot in Colorado, and California as the director want it shot there instead of Arkansas where the story takes place. The scene showed us her family and the man that would end up killing her Father Frank Ross. As it unfolds we meet her father who is going into Fort Smith to buy some horses, for their farm to breed as they get ready to ride out that morning. It shows her Mother, brother and baby sister as they say goodbye to them. The camera angles as the show us Mattie Ross it is fixed on her for an extended amount of time then it swings inside where her father asks how much he has to work with to buy the horses he is going to purchase in Fort Smith. They have a short conversation about the type of horses he should buy and he asks her for his two lucky gold pieces. This was interesting I think it was done to bring the viewer's attention to her and it worked. You were focused on her through the rest of the scene.
It would be a direct cut to the next scene where her father gets shot by Tom Chaney played by Jeff Corey in Fort Smith. This scene shows Tom playing cards and thinks he has been cheated when Frank Ross Mattie's Father played by Jeff Corey pulls him out of the salon and then tom shoots him and steals all his money and runs. The low-key lighting in this scene was dark and subdued as the scene unfolds outside the salon. The camera cuts back and forth between the two as they exchange words then the shot it goes wide to show the people coming out of the salon and tom running off.
    The actors in the film did a great job depicting their roles and the dialog through the film and stayed true to form. After watching the commentary True Writing (2007) on the DVD, I found out that the screenwriter Marguerite Roberts was blacklisted as a communist and was afraid that John Wayne would turn it down due to that but instead he loved it and said it was the best western written in years and would do the film. Jeremy Slate states that Kim Darby stayed true to the Novel as it was written and that she kept the movie on track with the way she spoke true to the book through the film as she spoke proper and confidently. She stated that it was easy due to the way that Charles Portis wrote the book.
    Many of the ones who went to see the film was surprised by John Wayne's performance in the film in the part he played as the Deputy U.S. Marshal Roster Gogburn, which was a rude and rough drunk with a bad reputation. He played the part very well and as the film went on you could see the transformation he makes through the film as he interacts with the young Mattie.
    The part of the outlaws played by Robert Duvall (Ned Pepper), and Jeff Corey (Tom Chaney) their acting was good you could see that Duvall would become a great actor. Duvall plays the leader of the outlaws and he portrays his part very well in the film. Jeff Corey also dose a good job with his part he plays in the film as his part it seems that his role was of the outlaw that seem to get himself into trouble without trying too, he has a habit of missing up it seems through the film.
    Then you have the Taxes Ranger played by Glen Campbell (La Boeuf) which is after Tom Chaney for shooting a Taxes State Senator. He is a young inexperienced Ranger that invites his himself along for the hunt for Chaney. He plays that role expertly as an arrogant and cocky Ranger as he talks himself up in the film to the Marshal to get to tag along with him. He and Mattie do not get along at first but they finally warms up to each other there is a kind of a love hate relationship between the two of them that grows between them. It is very subtle but there and you could really see it at the end of the film in the exchange between Mattie and Cogburn.
     Through the film you see varying camera angles from the long shots of them traveling through the mountains and valleys, and close ups. The cinematography in the film for that era I felt made the movie they did an excellent job. Henry Hathaway the director set each scene expertly throughout the film. He did not choose to film in Arkansas where the story was based but in Colorado and California, he never really gave a reason why that I could find. This is the one thing that I would disagree with, in filming the film. In the comments of the film, it was said that back then that most people from Arkansas never traveled more than twenty-five miles from their home and would never know it was not Arkansas.
    The sound through the film had the authentic western sounds of the old west from the gunfire to the horses walking. The sound effects added to the film made to the film postproduction that were paced by the Foley artists seamlessly in the film. It gave it the feel and true aspect of the old west. The score of the film had a great selection of music for the film to go along with the great dialog throughout the film.
    
 
    
I find "True Grit" (1969) will be watch by us for a very long time to come it was a very well made movie and one that was out of the norm for John Wayne to star in it was very well written and directed and had a very good moral stand compared to the other westerns that where coming out at that time.

True Grit 1969. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065126/

True Grit 1969 Paramount Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions.

Jones, M. (2010). True Lit.(Culture)(True Grit ). Newsweek, (25).